A novelist, critic, academic, documentary screenwriter, and editor-in-chief for Digital Connections (Rawabet Raqmiah) magazine, Dr. Zuhur Kiram specializes in discourse analysis and digital culture. She is an associate professor of Higher Education at Mohammed V University in Rabat, where she is also Head of Scientific Projects and PhD Research Units, and the Head of the Language Creativity and New Media Laboratory. She is also an expert consultant for several major Arabic organisations. She is a trainer for self-development, novel writing workshops, cultural projects and women’s leadership. Dr. Kiram was awarded a Royal Moroccan Sash at the 2012 Casablanca International Book Fair. In 2019, she received a silver medal for Changemakers in the Arab World – the first Moroccan woman to be awarded this medal. Her other awards include the Katara Award for Arab Novels. Dr. Kiram was named by the Electronic Literature Organization in the US on their list of women specializing in digital literature around the world. She has also been a visiting professor at international universities and a panel member for many Arabic literature awards, including: the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, Al Owais Awards, the Booker Prize, the Katara Award, and the Book Award of the Moroccan Ministry of Culture, among others.

Dr. Zuhur Kiram – Publications:

• 2023: The Right to Digital Enlightenment – Fadaat Publications, Jordan.
• 2022: Self-Skills and the Careers of the Future – Publications of the Faculty of Literature and Humanities at Mohammed V University, Al-Rabat.
• 2021: I Do Not Breathe (a novel) – Fadaat Publications, Jordan.
• 2020: Humanities, Digital and the Post-Corona Era – Fadaat Publications, Jordan.
• 2019: Mahdi Al-Manjara, Arab Cultural Center.
• 2019: The Enlightenment Thought of Al-Mahdi Al-Manjar – First edition New Dilmun House, Damsacus. Second edition: Al-Aman Publications, Al-Rabat.
• 2017: Toward an Awareness of the Evolution of the Arab Narrative Narrative, Katara publications (this book won the 2016 Katara Award).
• 2014: Ghaithaa Picks the Moon – Al-Aman Publications, Al-Rabat.
• 2014: Digital Literature: Cultural Questions and Conceptual Reflections, Vision for Publishing and Distribution – (book) second edition by Al-Aman Publications, Al-Rabat.
• 2013: The Author’s Self: From Autobiography to Self-Imagination (book) – Al-Umniyah, distributed by Al-Aman Publications, Al-Rabat.
• 2012: The Arabic Novel and the Time of Formation from a Contextual Perspective – Arab Scientific Publishers, Beirut.
• 2009: Rabbat Al Khodoor: An Approach to Arab and Moroccan Women’s Discourse – Dar Roueya, Cairo.
• 2009: Digital Literature: Cultural Questions and Conceptual Reflections – Dar Roueya, Cairo.
• 2008: The Birth of the Soul (story collection), Al-Balah collection of short stories in Morocco, Casablanca.
• 2006: Bibliography of Moroccan Women Innovators – Dar Al-Aman, Al-Rabat in collaboration with Dr. Muhammed Al-Qasimi.
• 2004: Carnation Necklace (a novel) – Dar Attakafa, Morocco.
• 2004: Arab Feminist Narration: An Approach of the Concept and Discourse – Madares Publications.
• 2001: In the Hospitality of Censorship (a critical analysis study) – Time Publications, Morocco.
• 1998: Travel in Man (various texts) – Al-Boukili Publications.
• 1996: A Body and a City (a novel) – Dar Walili, Morocco.